Chromatella: Anna Johnson
Current exhibition
Works
Chromatella is a Nymphaea (water lily) whose centre is bright lemon cadmium and petals pale champagne. Lilies, of all water bulbs, bear the most engulfing scent. Colour can be the same way, languidly sensual or aggressive and tectonic.
My palette springs from unnatural contrasts within the natural world. Walking through the flower markets in Flemington I seek out the most incongruent hues and carry them back to the studio. Exploring late 19th century painting, I interrogate the extreme chromatic fragments that build the whole.
Formally, the tension in my work dwells in two impulses: a homage to lyrical Romanticism and the austerity of colour field abstraction. Compositionally, I battle the confines of the square. I perceive most terrains as aerial rather than terrestrial, so many of my forms refer to clouds and night sky shadows. I am drawn to the sky because light is always shifting and forms mutate. Look away and it all changes.
Anna Johnson, 2025
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Anna JohnsonWomble, 2024oil stick, oil paint & acrylic on linen198 x 111 cm$10,000 -
Anna JohnsonCon Una Rosa, 2025oil, oil stick, & acrylic on linen137 x 153 cm
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Anna JohnsonSound and Vision, 2025oil stick & acrylic on linen111 x 198 cm$10,000
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Anna JohnsonBowery and Spring, 2024acrylic on linen182 x 137 cm$10,000
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Anna JohnsonNanzen-ji, 2024acrylic on linen153 x 137 cm$9,500
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Anna JohnsonHabit Rouge, 2024acrylic on linen111 x 198 cm$10,000
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Anna JohnsonDaphne and Apollo, 2025oil stick & acrylic on linen153 x 137 cm$9,500
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Anna JohnsonFishnets & Cigarettes, 2025acrylic on linen153 x 137 cm
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Anna JohnsonHokusai, 2025acrylic on linen153 x 137 cm
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Anna JohnsonUnder the Cherry Moon, 2024acrylic on canvas122 x 122 cm (framed)$4,500
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Anna JohnsonCleopatra, 2024acrylic & oil stick on wood95 x 95 cm (framed)$3,000
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Anna JohnsonBari Vecchia, 2025acrylic on canvas95 x 100 cm$4,000
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Anna JohnsonShalimar, 2025acrylic on linen153 x 137 cm$9,500
